Austria 1690-IAN 5 ducats Fr-314
This specimen was lot 357 in Künker sale 400 (Berlin, February 2024), where it sold for €65,000 (about US$84,325 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RÖMISCH-DEUTSCHES REICH, Leopold I. 1657-1705. 5 Dukaten 1690 (Jahreszahl im Stempel aus 1684 geändert), IAN, Graz. * LEOPOLDVS (Raute) D (Doppelraute) G (Raute) R (Doppelraute) I (Doppelraute) S (Doppelraute) AVG (Doppelraute) GER (Doppelraute) HV (Doppelraute) B (Doppelraute) REX Geharnischtes Brustbild r. mit Lorbeerkranz, umgelegtem Mantel und der Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies//(Raute) ARCHI (Raute) D (Raute) AVS (Raute) DVX - (Raute) BVRG (Raute) STYRIÆ (Raute) 16 (Raute) - (Raute) 90 (Raute) Gekröntes, mehrfeldiges Wappen, darunter die Signatur I - A - N (Johann Anton Nowak, Münzmeister in Graz ca. 1670-1692), umher die Kette des Ordens vom Goldenen Vlies. In US-Plastikholder der NGC mit der Bewertung MS 62 (2132224-001). GOLD. Von großer Seltenheit, besonders in dieser Erhaltung. Prachtexemplar. Feine Goldpatina, min. Prägeschwäche, vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, five ducats of 1690, 1690/84 overdate, Graz mint. Obverse: * ♦ LEOPOLDVS ♦ D ♦ G ♦ R ♦ I ♦ S ♦ AVG ♦ GER ♦ HV ♦ B ♦ REX ♦, armored, mantled and laureate bust right with order chain; reverse: ♦ ARCHI ♦ D ♦ AVS ♦ DVX ♦ BVRG ♦ STYRIÆ ♦ 16 - 90, crowned manifold arms, initials below, order chain around. Graded NGC MS62, extremely rare, especially in this quality, choice example, fine gold patina, slightly weakly struck, extremely fine to uncirculated.)"
This type is listed in the SCWC for 1670-72 and 1690
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 17.5 g, 0.986 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 1270, Fr-314; Herinek 101.
- Craig, William D., Germanic Coinages: Charlemagne through Wilhelm II, Mountain View, CA: 1954.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, Katalog 400: Selected löser of the Dukes of Guelph from the Friedrich Popken Collection | Numismatic treasures from the Medieval and Modern Times, a. o. "multiple portraits" from a Westphalian private collection, Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2024.
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